The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for failure of limb salvage surgery in grade IIIC lower extremity injuries.A single-institution, retrospective review was performed of all patients with grade IIIC lower limb injuries presenting from January 2009 to April 2014. We gathered the data on each patient who underwent limb salvage and analyzed the final outcome for these patients (lim...

Introduction: Sarcomas are tumors that mesenchymal in origin involving bone and soft tissues occurring all age groups. Giant cell tumor, although benign, is locally aggressive can also destroy the bone. Amputation was once considered primary treatment but now with advancements diagnostic imaging modalities, surgical procedures adjuvant therapies, limb salvage surgeries have bec...

Introduction Limb-salvage surgery has become the mainstream approaches for treatment of sarcoma in lower extremity. In cases where infiltrates primary vessel, concurrent resection vessels and vascular reconstruction are required to ensure sufficient preservation limb function. The objective this study is assess clinical outcomes patients who underwent utilizing synthetic grafts salvage, specifi...

Injury to the lower extremity is common in the current conflicts, often severely affecting the foot and ankle. Secondary to continued surgical advances, many lower extremities are able to undergo limb salvage procedures. However, scoring systems still do not reliably predict which patient will be best served with an amputation or limb salvage. Because of this, limb salvage should be attempted w...

The authors present their experience over the last 20 years in limb salvage procedures of a consecutive series of 40 children under 10 years of age (range 2-10 years) with bone sarcomas. Nineteen were osteogenic sarcomas and 21 were Ewing sarcomas. Only one case, located in the distal phalanx of the toe, was treated by straightforward amputation. Intercalary allografts and Canadell's technique ...

Our aim was to describe our experience with infrapopliteal endovascular procedures performed in diabetic patients with ischemic ulcers and critical ischemia (CLI). A retrospective study of 101 procedures was performed. Our cohort was divided into groups according to the number of tibial vessels attempted and the number of patent tibial vessels achieved to the foot. An angiosome anatomical class...

OBJECTIVES to compare the clinical outcome of in situ and reversed bypass grafting. DESIGN multicentre, prospective, non-randomised study. PATIENTS AND METHODS five-hundred patients with an in situ graft and 955 patients with a reversed graft were compared regarding graft occlusion, the need for graft revision, and limb salvage. RESULTS two-year assisted primary patency of femoropopliteal...